India ready to face any Taliban threat: Army Chief

Agra, Oct 30 (PTI) Indian security forces are ready to
face any challenge from Taliban, Army Chief General Deepak
Kapoor said Friday, adding that asymmetric warfare where
non-state actors post threats was a "matter of concern".
Kapoor said Special Forces were being modernised and
equipped to deal with asymmetric and fourth generation warfare
where non-state actors fight against conventional state
machinery and employ innovative ways for carrying out strikes
such as Mumbai terror attack.
"There is a whole set of new equipment which we have
thought of for the Para (Special Forces) modernisation,
especially in view of the fact that asymmetric and fourth
generation warfare are a matter for concern," Gen Kapoor told
PTI on the sidelines of the Parachute Regiment reunion here.
Commenting on the spurt in activities of Taliban in
Pakistan and Indian armed forces' preparedness to deal with
the threat, he said, "I would like to assure the country that
we are ready to face any challenge."
On the training standards and the equipment of Indian
Special Forces, Army Training Command Chief and senior Para
officer Lt Gen A S Lamba said, "I think we are among the best
and we are making endeavours to improve our equipment and are
very well geared up to put our best foot forward."
Terming the Indian Special Forces as one of the best,
Colonel of the Parachute Regiment Lt Gen P C Katoch said the
Army was making sure that the Special Forces were keeping pace
with their requirements.
"Keeping the future in mind, we are planning on what is
to be procured for short and long terms," Katoch said.
The seven units of the Special Forces are deployed in
counter-insurgency areas in North-East and Jammu and Kashmir.
After the 26/11 attacks, these units were also given the
task of training Infantry units for close-quarter combat and
urban terrorism. PTI AJD
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